Quotes by Edward Halifax

• Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.
• True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
• The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
• The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
• Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.
• Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.
• Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.
• He who leaves nothing to chance will do few things poorly, but he will do few things.
• Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
• A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.
• When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters.
• Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.